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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions >> Innoplexus AG (Patent) [2021] UKIntelP o60321 (17 August 2021) URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2021/o60321.html Cite as: [2021] UKIntelP o60321 |
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Summary
The claimed invention relates to a method, system, and program for identifying an increasingly popular (nascent) topic related to a field of interest and addresses the problem of analysing aggregated data across multiple channels. The topic may be provided by a user as a search query, and the claimed invention can analyse data from multiple channels such as forums and blogs on the internet as well as other sources. By using the invention, a user can reliably and accurately discover sustained increasing references to e.g. a specific medical treatment and use the information to assist investment, research and innovation.
The Hearing Officer followed the four stepAerotel/Macrossantest to determine whether there was a technical contribution and considered theAT&T(HTC/Apple)signposts.The identified contribution was not found to provide the required technical effect and the claimed invention was found to relate solely to a program for a computer as such, so the application did not meet the requirements of section 1(2)(c). The application was refused under section 18(3).
Full decisionO/603/21 
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